tag:infodancer.org,2017-12-08:/weblog/atom/TriggerFingerInfodancer Atom Toolkit2018-11-18T07:47:20ZDemocrats propose semiauto confiscation backed by nuclear weaponshttps://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/16440552018-11-18T07:47:20Z2018-11-18T07:47:20ZTriggerFingermatthew@triggerfinger.orghttp://triggerfinger.org/weblog/
Does anyone remember the Democrats, as a party, seriously campaigning on gun control this cycle? Sure, a few folks mentioned it. But apparently the real program is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dem-congressman-force-gun-owners-sell-assault-weapons-n871066">mandatory buybacks</a> <a href="http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&amp;post=378184">backed by nuclear arms</a>. That seems extrema and not what voters were promised.<br/><br/>The population is Texas is approximately 30 million people and the state is solidly Republican. When, not if, Texas says no to confiscating their semiautomatic firearms (note: rifles and pistols both), will the Democrats nuke Texas? According to the CDC (not exactly a gun-friendly source), <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm">there are 12,979 firearm homicides per year in the United States</a>. If the goal of firearms confiscation is to save lives, and the cost is nuking Texas, it would take two thousand, three hundred, and 11 years to save a single life... and that's assuming none of those 12,979 firearm homicides was justified or replaced by an alternative weapon.<br/><br/>Luckily the nuclear button is in Trump's hands. Bet you never thought those words would be written here.<br/><br/>Trump may be unpredictable, but he's not crazy.<br/><br/>What the Democrats are proposing would lead immediately to civil war, if passed and implemented. Luckily the chances such a confiscation bill would pass the Senate are low. Luckily, Trump is in a position to veto it for now. But losing 2020 could have dire consequences, and we'll have to watch the Senate like a hawk to make sure nothing gets to Trump, who just might be unconventional and New York enough to sign it.<br/><br/>So here's my answer to Dem Rep Eric Swalwell's <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/03/ban-assault-weapons-buy-them-back-prosecute-offenders-column/570590002/">call to confiscate firearms by force in violation of the 2nd Amendment</a>: <br/><br/><em>We will fight you on our soapboxes, our microphones, our websites. We will fight you in the House. We will fight you in the Senate. We will fight you in the White House. We will fight you on the streets in protests and petitions. We will fight you at the ballot boxes. We will fight you in the courts. If necessary, we will fight you from our rooftops, in the back alleys of your cities, in the tanks and aircraft and naval vessels based on those states which remain free, and in every place you don't expect us to be. We will pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor to this cause. Should your nuclear fire rain down upon our nation, burning friend and foe alike, from our backyard bunkers our answer shall resound throughout history, soaked in the blood of your abbatoir altar: NO.</em><br/><br/>Now what?
Project Veritas exposes Dem Senator McCaskillhttps://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/14005562018-10-18T05:24:55Z2018-10-18T05:24:55ZTriggerFingermatthew@triggerfinger.orghttp://triggerfinger.org/weblog/
<fieldset><legend><a href="https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/10/15/mccaskill-1/">Project Veritas</a></legend>Senator McCaskill on Tape: &#x0093;Of course!&#x0094; She Would Vote Yes on Gun Bans&#x0094;<br/>Campaign Staff Says: McCaskill supports &#x0093;a semi-automatic rifle ban&#x0093;<br/>McCaskill is Quiet on Gun Views &#x0093;because she has a bunch of Republican voters,&#x0094; Secretly Supports Gun Control Group<br/>Staff: Wait Until After Election to Bring up Trump Impeachment; to Voters: &#x0093;Get over it&#x0094;<br/>&#x0093;People just can&#x0092;t know&#x0094; McCaskill and Obama &#x0093;essentially have the same views on everything.&#x0094;</fieldset><br/>Democrats lie to get elected. This is not news.<br/><br/>But pointing to a specific candidate who is lying specifically to get elected when the election is in two weeks? Yeah, that's not going to work out well for Ms. McCaskill.
Asset forfeiture strikes againhttps://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/6753502018-06-03T21:23:15Z2018-06-04T09:01:37ZTriggerFingermatthew@triggerfinger.orghttp://triggerfinger.org/weblog/
<fieldset><legend><a href="https://reason.com/blog/2018/05/31/american-brazenly-robbed-of-58100-life-s">Reason</a></legend>Rustem Kazazi, an American citizen, was just trying to get on a plane to return to his native Albania last October, from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. He was initially flying to Newark where he'd catch a connection to Albania.<br/><br/>Kazazi Family, via Institute for JusticeKazazi Family, via Institute for Justice<br/><br/>He hoped while in Albania for a few months to do some repair work on a home he still owned there, and possibly to look for another home for his family in his old age. Given facts about the Albanian banking and finance system and the advantages of cash there, he chose to turn his life savings into U.S. dollars and bring them with him to cover expenses related to the above house needs and his long stay rather than deal with bank transfers or anything of the sort.<br/><br/>At an American airport, he was the victim of desperadoes who took everything he had.</fieldset><br/>The police are supposed to protect us from bandits, not be the bandits.
Confiscation of semiautomatic rifles in Chicago area townhttps://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/3745032018-04-05T17:52:07Z2018-04-05T16:33:39ZTriggerFingermatthew@triggerfinger.orghttp://triggerfinger.org/weblog/
<fieldset><legend><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/04/deerfield-illinois-assault-weapon-ban-fines/">Daily Caller</a></legend>A city in Illinois is making a gun control activists&#x0092; dreams come true.<br/><br/>The Village Board of Trustees in Deerfield, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, approved an ordinance to ban &#x0093;assault weapons&#x0094; and large capacity magazines, Cleveland 19 News reports.<br/><br/>Violators will face a hefty fine. If the owner of an assault weapon lives in the town does not voluntarily turn over their banned weapon, he will be fined $1,000 a day until the weapon is confiscated.</fieldset><br/>So, once they figure out you own an assault weapon in this town, they want you to give it up to their police force. Not remove it from their jurisdiction, sell it to someone else, or destroy it -- the daily fines continue until they have it in their hands and you do not. That's a definite escalation from other attempts at gun bans that have focused on banning new manufacture or sale while grandfathering existing firearms.<br/><br/><fieldset><legend><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/04/deerfield-illinois-assault-weapon-ban-fines/">Daily Caller</a></legend>According to Cleveland 19 News, the term &#x0093;assault rifle&#x0094; applies to &#x0093;Semiautomatic rifles with a fixed magazine and a capacity to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition are banned. Shotguns that have revolving chambers are also outlawed.&#x0094;</fieldset><br/>The actual ordinance is more precise. It's a one-feature test. Semiautomatic, capacity to accept a detachable magazine, plus one feature (including a pistol grip, forward grip, thumbhole stock or other scary stock types, shroud, or anything scary on the muzzle).<br/><br/> In practice, that means almost any semiautomatic firearm with the capacity to accept a magazine regardless of size (since you can always find a standard-capacity magazine).<br/><br/><a class="button" href="http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37878072/illinois-town-votes-to-ban-assault-rifles-fine-violators-1000-per-day">Original report</a> <a class="button" href="https://www.deerfield.il.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/288">Press Release</a> <a class="button" href="http://www.deerfield.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/1506">Ordinance</a><br/><br/>[UPDATE: <a href="https://www.saf.org/saf-lawsuit-challenges-gun-ban-in-chicago-suburb-of-deerfield/">Second Amendment Foundation has already filed a lawsuit challenging the law</a>.]<br/><hr><a href="https://triggerfinger.org/weblog/entry/374503?utm_source=atom">(Read More)</a>